I will start this round with breakfast.
This is homemade cereal! It is so delicious. Toasted oats and nuts and - my favorite - pumpkin seeds. Probably some other seeds too because there are a bunch in our kitchen but I don't make it. I pour almond coconut milk over it, and of course there is coffee.
If there is no time for cereal then there is also the option of homemade granola bars. These have the oats, nuts, and seeds too with the added chewiness of dried fruits.
This is a green smoothie waiting to happen. This one has kiwi, grapes, and spinach but there are bags of these in the freezer with different combinations of fruits and greens. The vita-mix is her secret weapon. She makes tahini, peanut butter, flour, green smoothies - all kinds of stuff with this thing.
Mmm.. sweet and healthy. |
Next time I will share a couple Mediterranean dishes. Until then you should show her a little encouragement in the comments so she knows how awesome she is.
I never thought of freezing the ingredients for smoothies. I always thought about making them but was never motivated enough to prep the ingredients when I wanted one.
ReplyDeleteIt s really handy to just grab a bag out of the freezer and blend. It also means you can buy fruit in season/bulk and still have it a couple months later.
DeleteLove your idea of handmade granola bars! I'm always "on-the-go" and it can be hard to eat well when you are in a hurry in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI have helped her make these before and they are actually really simple, they just have a lot of ingredient. It is pretty much just mixing the granola stuff (oats, nuts, dried fruit) w/ sticky stuff (peanut butter, honey, soaked prune puree) then baking.
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